Settlement Conference Program Statistics for Fiscal Year 2011-12 Virginia Judicial Settlement Conference Program Statistics for Fiscal Year 2011-12 Retired Circuit Court Judges Bringing Calm to the Storm Bringing Resolution to Conflict Virginia Judicial Settlement Conference Program Statistics for Fiscal Year 2009-10

Referred Cases 1,221 cases were referred to settlement conference. 1,101 conferences were paid for in Fiscal Year 2011-12. 864 cases have been captured and are graphically displayed on the following charts. 327 cases are pending receipt of reports or actual conference. 30 cases were cancelled before reaching conference.

Categories of Case Types

Agreement Rate 63% of referred cases successfully reached an agreement either during or soon after the conference Note: This does NOT include pending cases

The average length of a conference is 3.2 hours. Length of Conferences The average length of a conference is 3.2 hours.

Referring Circuit Courts Virginia Beach has referred 16% of the cases during Fiscal Year 2011-12. 71% of all FY11-12 cases were referred by 10 courts in the Tidewater Area (Hampton, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, James City/Williamsburg, Norfolk, Newport News, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, York and Chesapeake). 29% of the cases in FY11-12 were referred by 65 other courts across Virginia. A total of 75 circuit courts referred cases during the fiscal year.

Number of Cases Referred By Top 10 Courts